Red and processed meat and colorectal cancer incidence: Meta-analysis of prospective studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Chan, Doris S M ^a   Lau, Rosa ^a   Aune, Dagfinn ^a   Vieira, Rui ^a   Greenwood, Darren C ^b   Kampman, Ellen ^c   Norat, Teresa ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; MEAT; PROCESSED MEAT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; RED MEAT; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PIGMENTATION; PUBLISHING;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; PIGMENTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLICATION BIAS;

EID: 79958157809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020456     Document Type: Article

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